Valve manufacture



Aug. 15,. 1939. D. D. GOLDBERG VALVE MANUFACTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 20, 1957 15, 1939- D. D. GOLDBERG ,169,525

VALVE MANUFACTURE Filed Oct. 20, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 15, 1939 to Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company, Indian Orchard, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application October 20, 1937, Serial No. 170,000

' 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in valve apparatus and is directed more particularly to improvements in cone valves and the like.

According to the principal objects of the invention a cone valve is provided which includes a body having a tapering seat or bore, a coneor plug, and novel operating means to move the plug axially between seated and non-seated positions and rotate the same between open and closed positions. A

According to another object of the invention, means is provided for feeding a sealing and/or lubricating medium which is operable to supply the lubricant or sealing medium to the coacting surfaces of the plug and valve body and journal parts not only'to seal the joints but to act as a lubricant to facilitate operation, the said means being operable accordingly as the plug is moved from one position to another.

Various novel features and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter more fully referred,

shown in Fig. 1 with parts removed for cleamess;

Fig. 4 is a detailed enlarged sectional elevational view to explain certain features of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of certain parts of a valve apparatus to illustrate a modified form of the invention;

5 Fig. 6 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 40 J Fig. '7 is a plan view of valve operating mechanism illustrating another modified form of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a sectional elevational view of a valve to illustrate a further modified form of the invention; and

' Fig. 9 is a sectionalplan view through the spindle approximately at the upper side of the yo e.

the invention will be fully described.

The valve apparatus shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 includes a body 2 and a cap 4.whichmay be I secured together in some suitable manner as by Referring now to the drawings more in detail,

outlet ports 8 and l 0 which may be screw-threaded as shown for receiving a pipe or said ports may be flanged or otherwise provided with connections for connecting the valve to a pipe line.

A valve plug l2, sometimes called acone, is provided which is preferably tapering and the body is provided with a tapering seating bore to I receive the said plug. A stem l4 associated with the plug extends upwardly therefrom and it, as well as a part i6 associated with the plug, may be journalled in the cap 4 for reciprocating and rotating movements.

It is ordinary practice to provide a stufling box for the stem or spindle of the plug and this may be in the form of a gland i8 disposed on the upper sideof a packing 20.

The gland l8 in the form of the invention shown is urged downwardly by bolts 22, or the said gland may be of the screw type if desired. A pilot or lower journal 24 is provided on the plug I! which has a bearing in the body which together with the upper part of the plug and stem which are journalled in the cap guide the plug for its reciprocating and rotating movemerits. I

The plug is movable .;up and down between seated and non-seated positions in the bore and is rotatable between open and closed positions. In operation the plug is moved upwardly from 011 its seat, rotated and then reseated.

A collar is rotatable around the upper part of the cap 4 and is held against axial movements.

' It may be formed of two halves bolted together as by bolts 32as' shown. Links 34 are pivoted at 36 to the collar in any suitable way and the lower ends of the links 34 as shown in the drawings are received in slots 3| of the collar. The upper end of the stem or spindle I4 is threaded at 38 and collars 40 and 42 are in screw-threaded engagement therewith. A yoke 44 is provided on the spindle between the collars 40 and 42 which may be'moved up and down by the collars for locating the yoke on the spindle in various positions of adjustment. The yoke is non-rotatable relative to the spindle and this may be accomplished by means of a key 39 in the spindle which is disposed in a slot of yoke, as shown in Fig. 9.

An operating member in the form of a lever 50 having a manually engageable handle part 52 has lugs 54 which are pivotally connected at 56 to the yoke 44. Slots 58in opposite sides of the operating member receive the upper ends of the links 34 which are pivotally connected at Gil-to the operating member.

The parts are so arranged that as the leve r 50 the plug I2 is raised and lowered or moved between seated and non-seated positions. In Fig.

l 1, lever 50 is in the non-seated position of the plug. When swung downwardly or clockwise, it is then in a position-wherein the plug is seated in its bore in the body.

A stop 82 of the-operating member engages with a stop 84 of the yoke as shown to limit the movement of the lever in one direction. Another stop 60 and stop 68 oi the yoke engage when the operating member is in plug seated position. When the lever is swung upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1, it may be rotated to rotate the plug between its open and closed positions. As stated, in Fig. 1 the lever 50 is shown in an elevated or plug unseated position, and for clearness, is shown as being midway between open and closed positions of the plug.

The operating mechanism works with a toggle action so that the operating member is releasably locked in its plug seating position. Adjustment is provided by moving the collars 40 and 42 along the spindle to move and position the yoke. This makes it possible to adjust the parts so that the plug may be forced into the desired and proper seating position by means ,of the operating mechanism and any inaccuracy in machining or assembling of the parts may be easily and readily compensated for.

According to the invention it is desired to supply a sealing and lubricating medium to the coacting surfaces of the plug and body structure so as to prevent leakage and facilitate-ease in op-' eration and the sealing and/or lubricating medium will be hereinafter called medium.

To that end, groove I0 is provided in the coacting surfaces of the plug and body. These are preferably around the ports 8 and I0 and connected by a communicating groove indicated by: 12. It will be understood .that the grooves and as many as'desired may be in the plug or body ggdboth or partly in the plug and partly in the Cylinders I2 are provided which have pistons I4 reciprocable' therein. The pistons may be maintained in elevated positions by springs I6 interposed between the upper ends or sides of the cylinders and collars I8 on rods associated with the pistons.

A bracket or connection 82 is associated with the body and cylinders and it has passageways or ducts such as 84 and 88 in communication with the cylinders and with a passageway or passageways such as 88 in the body leading to at least one of the grooves I2 of the seating surfaces of the body and cap.

The cylinders are positioned so that the rods 80 are engaged by the operating member when it is moved to seat the plug in either the open or closed positions of the plug. That is, when the operating member has been swung horizontally to position the plug for moving it downwardly to seated position and is swung downwardly it engages a piston rod 09 to force it downwardly and thereby causes thepiston to force the medlum'within the cylinder through apassageway into the grooves around the seating surfacesof the plug and body. Therefore, each time that the plug in open or closed position is moved to seated position a supply of medium is forced into the grooves to seal the plug thereby eliminating leakage and supplying lubricant to Iacilitate ease in unseating the plug.

In addition to the grooves associated w h t e seating surfaces of the plug, it' will be obvious that it is an easy matter to provide communication between the one or both cylinders and the bearings for the upper and lower ends of the plug so that the said bearings will receive a charge of medium.

It will be desired as shown in Fig. 4 to provide some means to prevent the sealing medium from being forced from one cylinder to another. To that end a check valve or valves may be placed in the communicating passageways or cylinders.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a check valve 90 which is in the form of a ball that is urged-upwardly by a spring 02. the medium is forced downwardly from the cylinder 12 by a piston therein, it forces the valve downwardly so as to pass thereby. When pressure is exerted upwardly against the valve by'the other cylinder, it assumes its seated position to prevent the medium being forced upwardly.

Stops 96 and 98 on the member 30 coact with stops I00 and I02 on the cap so that the operating mechanism is limited in its horizontal rotation thereby to accurately position the plug in either open or closed position.

The cylinders may be supplied with lubricant in any suitable manner as for instance by pressure means applied to a fitting indicated at 81 which as usual includes a check valve.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the plug is moved between seated and non-seated positions and between open and closed positions by a novel operating mechanism whch is readily adjustable and that means for supplying a lubri- In the foregoing" the pistons are depressed to cause the medium to be forced from the cylinders but it will be possible to construct the apparatus so that upward movements of the pistons will bring about feeding of the medium.

In "some cases it may be desired to employ a single cylinder and piston operable by the operating means in its valve open and closed positions. To that end as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the operating member IIO has parts II2 for entering a slot of the piston rod II8. With this arrangement as the operating member is moved from the neutral central position shown in Fig. 6 to the closed or open position of the plug a part II2 of the operating member enters the slot 4.- Then when the operating member is swung to move the plug vertically of the bore the rod H0 is reciprocated to actuate the piston and feed the medium. 7

As shown in Fig. 7 the invention is applicable to operating mechanism for operating-the plug. In Fig. 7 a casing is shown at I20 and a cross head I22 is reciprocable back and forth on rods I24. A valve stem is represented by I26 and a lever I28 is threadably connected thereto and to the crosshead I22 by a link I80. A part I82 on the cross head engages with arms I84 and I88 of a member I38 fixed to the stem I28. As the crosshead is moved back and forth the levers I28 and I38 swing back and forth so that the plug is moved up and down between seated and non-seated positions and rotated between open and closed positions.

Cylinders I40 supported by brackets I42 from the casing I20 have pistons therein provided with arms are arranged to act on the piston rods all as shown. As the 'crosshead moves between open and closed positions of the plug the levers are operated and in turn act on the rods so that medium is fed from the cylinders which may be connected by pipes such as I50 to grooves and other parts that it is desired to supply the medium to.

According to the invention shown in Fig. 8 the medium is caused to be fed accordingly as the plug is moved to seated position. To that end a lower pivot part I60 of the plug I62 is provided with a packing or packings I64 and with an opening I66 leading to a passageway I68 which is in communication with grooves I'M. A member I12 in the lowerpart of the plug has an opening therethrough and a closure member I" is spring pressed downwardly to close the opening.

A reservoir II6'for the medium is connected by a conduit I18 to the valve body through a fitting I80. A passageway I82 in the fitting is normally closed by a spring pressed closure member I84 as shown. A pressure member I86 in the reservoir is urged downwardly by a. spring I88 disposed between the member I86 and a cover of the reservoir.

A passageway I90 is connected to a passageway !92 associated with the upper plug pivot as shown. a

In the form of the invention just described as the plug is moved upwardly from its seated position medium is drawn into the space below the plug pivot I60 and when it is moved downwardly to seated position the said pivot part acts as a .piston on the medium to force it upwardly. Thus the plug in its operation brings about feeding of the medium to the various places where .it is desired and needed.

Various novel features and advantages of the invention will be observed from the foregoing and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A valve apparatus comprising in combination, a body having a plug bore and a chamber,

to said chamber and when moved in an opposite direction lubricant is fed from the chamber to the channel means.

2. A valve apparatus comprising in combination, 'a body having a plug bore and a chamber, a plug reciprocable in said bore having a part reciprocable in said chamber, channel means asscciated with the coacting surfaces of said plug and body, lubricant supplying means, and connections between said means and said chamber and between said channel means and chamber, all adapted and arranged whereby as said part of the plug moves in said chamber in one direction lubricant is fed to said chamber and when said part moves in an opposite direction lubricant is fed from said chamber to said channel means.

DAVID D. GOLDBERG.

ll) a plug reciprocable in said bore having a part 

